Pratiksha Gupta

About our CEO

Pratiksha has been dealing with individuals with communication disorders since 2002. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings including hospitals, early intervention centers, schools and multi disciplinary set ups. Pratiksha is a senior trainer and trains young budding therapists in Speech Pathology practices. Pratiksha is one of the pioneers of Telepractice methods and practices in India. Along with her team, she has created a spectrum of therapy products, tools and digital apps for helping individuals with communication disorders. She has been invited for conducting various workshops, lectures and conferences across the country.  Pratiksha has also written a chapter on Telepractice in books published by SAGE publications.

Experience

• Formerly Senior Audiologist at National Health Service, UK
• Director & Proprietor- Hear n Speak, Private Therapy Center , Noida
• Consultant Senior SLPA at Apollo Hospitals, Noida
• SLP at Step by Step School, Noida
• Consultant SLPA at Apollo Clinics, Pune
• Examiner at IGNOU
• Author of Speechy Tales : India’s first story books on speech development.

Researches :

Telepractice in India, Accent Modification, Auditory brainstem implants.

Recognitions :

• She has been interviewed by many media houses for her contributions in Online therapy in India. Your Story, The Better India, Huffpost, NewzHook, The Indian StartUp Show are a few to name.
• She has been an eminent speaker on platforms like TALK Tools- USA, Women’s Web, Down syndrome Federation of India, AIISH Webinar series, ISHA panel discussions, Telemedicine Society of India, Air Force Wife Welfare Association and more.

Awards:

1SpecialPlace bagged the Best Woman Led start-up Award by AssisTech in 2022. 1SpecialPlace was also honoured with a Special Award by Amazon and HackerEarth for developing India’s first AI based App on Alexa for Speech Therapy in 2018. 1SpecialPlace  won the best award for the Best Start Up, presented by Viridian E- Spark in 2018.